Response in the water quality of the Salton Sea, California, to changes in phosphorus loading: An empirical modeling approach

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 604, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-19

  Robertson, Dale M ^a   Schladow, S Geoffrey ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Eutrophication; Saline lake; Secchi depth; TMDL

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TURBIDITY;

EMPIRICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATIONS;

WATER QUALITY;

EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODELING; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION; SALINE LAKE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 41049115017     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9321-4     Document Type: Article

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